Rebuilding An Old Mercedes “Short” Fuel Pump
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Time to see if there’s any life left in the 1969 Mercedes 280SE. Monkey Wrench Mike shows you how to rebuild a very expensive fuel pump after sitting for decades (the pump, not Mike). Can he get it running??
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Every man know the kitchen table is the best workbench available. Coffee & chips are readily available to sustain the hard work. 👍
Nice work, Mike! That pump sounded perfect after the rebuild.
Well Dr. Monkey Wrench it looks like the operation was a success. Great job!!!
Nice job Mike I have to tell you nobody is better than me taking things apart. And having to go buy a new one cause I couldn’t put back together! Great skills Mike.
Impressive, Mike!
I had to pause for a moment to put on one of the four T-shirts I bought.
I wasn't disappointed after putting on my Monkey Wrench Mike T-shirt as this is a great DIY repair.
Again, impressive! :)
EDIT: My dining room table is filled with BMW and road bike parts.
I don't mind.
My storage shed is getting full of my other BMW parts so my road bike parts, and a few BMW parts, remain on my dining room table.
Nice!!! Thank you!!
Mike, could I suggest that you get a 1 gallon can of Gunk carburetor cleaner?
You could be soaking parts while doing other things, and you would insure that your parts are completely clean, inside and out.
Good video, as usual 👍
Great idea!
That is the easy electric pump. The mechanical and the condition of the injectors is a whole different story. But I am rooting for ya.
Very well done cobba
Great video DOCTOR Mike!
So if the electric pump was fouled with varnish, I'm guessing the mechanical pump, distribution lines, and injectors are in the same condition and will need the same attention. You're doing a great job Mike! Looks like you still have a lot of work ahead. I checked the Tube and it appears there's good information to help you.
It’s going to be a long long long journey!
Nice inspiring rebuild.
Thanks for another one, Mike! Good job again as well. Know what, Harbor Freight does sell an inexpensive pretty good ULTRASONIC CLEANER that you can soak a bunch of the things you touch on many of your cars. (That's what the repair place puts you lawnmower carburetor in to make it new again) - just sayin! Also, for the hell of it. have the POS (red) connected THEN the GROUND when you do stuff like this - I found out it does matter. We will all be happy to hear you turn the key as we listen to her run! - SHORTLY - Sonny (CT)
I love the way this pump is rebuild-able and not just crimp-fit together. I'd have to mark the pieces before I took it apart tho or if it was possible to get it back together wrong I'd do it for sure. 8-(
I was on the edge of my seat hoping Dr Mike would be able to bring the patient back to life! I let out a sigh of relief to see it was a successful surgery!
I would have tested the motor while it was apart just to make sure it works before reassembly. Those cookies are going to taste great when you bake with that pan next time!
This is a testament to older, repairable Mercedes technology. With a little bit of skill, and a lot of patience, many of the electrical parts on older Mercedes can be repaired and restored, and this includes windows and headlight switches, alternators, starters, and obviously pumps. Why is this? When new, any of these cars were shipped to 3rd world countries where parts and service were difficult to obtain. Today, we live in a throw away society where everything is throw away, including the major assembly, the car.
Love the fact that older Mercedes used slot-head screws for so many things. Made roadside repairs easier. You can improvise a slot head scew driver - not so much with a phillips. Great video. So much more satisfying to rebuld instead of replace.
Exactly!
When hooking juice to something positive cable first ground second ,,,
Great job. You will have her up and running before long.
Awesome. You are back in the storage / Garage / mom's living room LOL doing what you do best without anyone's else help! You got it Mike!!
Great job and a very cool learning experience 👍❤️😍❤️
Great job there Mike, you must be one of the few (maybe the only) channel that shows these little rebuilds up close and personal. I could watch these all day long.
Thank you, and you didn't even need to get advice from Master Mechanic Lola (MML) LOL.
Good one mate success.
I love the additions of your sidekick Lola
A+ good job more ice with nuts
Great video Mike,
It's amazing what QTips get used for. I liked using pipe cleaners. Have you looked for them lately? I found them with crafts at Wal-Mart. The one thing I appreciate about you is you like to keep the cars as original as possible.
Mike, another awesome video!
That was fun!!
Love the video keep up the good work
Mike , thanks for the video . The engine in your car is the same they used in all the 280sl's from 1968-71 . Great cars !!!! Be well and stay safe !
Outstanding work on the pump Mike, you reminded me of Opa, working on his Benz. Blessings
that,s the easy bit mike the fuel lines need flushing then the technical bit the fuel distributor i await the next video it may be time to buy a ultrasonic parts cleaner i got one and it does a fantastic job on parts like you just did keep safe from me here in England
Good job mike well done 👍
Thank you, that was a very nice video, nice to see old stuff coming back to life :)
Kudos for tearing it down to the brushes, WOW! great job.
Merry Christmas Mike .
Thanks Bill!
Good video Mike! Lola supervising has made you really take your game up to a new level! LOL...Can't wait to see Janis up and running!
looks like a great job glad it was you lol
That was worth the $22 Mike 👍😁
Nice job and very brave to take it all apart. Have a great labor day weekend. Stay safe.
15:16 - the moment when you're thinking 'dang, I should just rebuild a few of these pumps and make bank on ebay!' haha
Ha!!
Oh No Mike Not the Tupperware 😂😂😂
Need to make you some
Mike you do very good work and you take the time to do it RIGHT!!!!! Nice job and Lola get to play with her pizza out in the yard.
Great Job Mike, can't wait to hear 👂 her come to life, I've never owned a German car but I am enjoying learning about them, can't wait for the next video. Stay safe and well and thank you also for your great sense of humor. When you get a chance check out Randy's latest, Very clean Plymouth Fury.
Incredible. We both got our 280SE at the same time in Oklahoma. Need to talk soon.
Patience rewarded - well done😀
Nice job. But its dangerous to work on carbs and fuel pumps inside the house but that one was so old it didnt have any gas left in it. My dad was a captain on the Wichita fire department and he told me never to do that. But yours was not a big deal no fumes. Just varnish.
Man after seeing that. I'd clean the fuel tank and replace all the fuel lines. They're probably really bad as well. Don't want to push it into the carb
This is a fancy fancy Mercedes, doesn't have a carb LOL.
@@Pierson116 ok through the fuel management system
He said the tank is already getting cleaned
That there is some craftsmanship, thats a real fuel pump. God i wish they still made pumps like that. Not the plastic POS they have these days. I think that scary face isnt the car being haunted, it janis trying suck gas thru that pump. Like sucking icecream thru a straw. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤟🏻 Mike
Thank you Mike as always love the content, Love love love your channel!!!
Poor Lola, she looks at you like what about Pizza Baby?
Good kid mike
Job
Should do a day in the life of Mike vlog
Hey Mike
You are the man Mike...that was an awesome rebuild on the fuel pump. That music though...70's porn music..LMAO Keep it up!! Learing a lot about Mercedes with you.
Love it! Great job on the rebuild!
Could have put everything except for the electrical parts in your dish washer on sanitize cycle. Would have cleaned most of the varnish and gunk off.
More videos with the car please?
Great result - congrats! Were you able to get that strainer nut off?
Nope. Just flushed it the best I could. Works great now!
Great video and thanks for all the details. Did you have any issues with soldering the terminals on and off. I’m guessing not since the pump purrs like a kitten. Any tips on replacing the o rings with the terminals?
Just watch the solder and make sure it doesn’t drip on the support plate. And lube the o-rinds for re-assembly. Good luck!!
well now you know every time you go to the scrap yard and see one of those pumps grab it for a few bucks rebuild it, then sell for hundreds
You are really good with videos. You need to get a job as a news anchor or something similar
Great idea!
Nice work there mike. After you were done rebuilding it with the cookie sheet I bet u cooked up some tater tots lol.
Hi Monkey Wrench Mike , I love your videos .
I saw a Mercedes Ce the same as what you have on Randy’s Auto Auction Rebuilds channel the other week .
I love you monkey wrench mike & give Lola a big hug & kiss from me xx
Awesome JOB. Lola approved!!!...…. LOL
Cute baby boy!! Not you Mike... Good video Thank you...
loving the w108 video, Do you have any advice for my w108 wiring harness... i cant find one anywhere
I haven’t searched for one yet. I’m praying mine is good.
Not afraid to work on anything
That just proves I’m an idiot!!
Mike, your jokes are epic :D "Mike has to get that 22usd"... :D
Good job mike she sounds really good ! I Bet your PUMPED! You got the new house ! LOLA ! And you single ! You got life figured out !
Mike - was the outcome of getting that inlet nut off and gaining access to the filter screen? Was there a replacement screen in the kit that you purchased? THANKS
No screen. I just cleaned it really well.
Hello
Berryman's B-12 Chemtool is sold in gallon cans of parts cleaner, If you need to soak yer Parts lol 😂
Mike, your wife will most likely put your lunch sandwich in that container the next day.
Your better half will fuss when she see's this video.
Have you considered soaking the whole thing in a large container of vineger?
Have you speeded up your talk? It's like 30% faster since a week or so
Mike needs a parts cleaning machine not wife's kitchen table remember happy wife = quite life as we say in Scotland
What is your problem lady